Hat-pin.



No. 896,253. r PATBNTED AUG. 18, 1908. H. W. SGHLOSS &- H. HAWLEY.

HAT PIN. I APPLICATION FILED 0GT.B, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT. oFFioE.

HENRY W. SOHLOSS AND HERMAN HAWLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO CASTLE BRAID COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Pa tent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed October 8, 1907. Serial No. 396,400.

and HERMAN HAWLEY, citizens of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, respectively, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pins, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. Our invention relates to a form of hatpin or other pin of similar type, in which the head or ornamental portion is manufactured substantially altogether in a braiding or knitting machine, the construction being designed to have an ornamental appearance in use, and be very cheap and easy to manufacture.

Braiding or knitting machines are now in common use which will compactly braid a fabric upon any solid core of uniform or varying transverse section. For example, a fabric may be braided on a wooden core having a surface of revolution of any ornamental outline, and adapted to constitute the head of a hatpin. The only difliculty arises by reason of the rough ends which are left at the'completion of the braiding process, and in carrying out the present invention, we provide means to wholly overcome this difficulty, and produce a hatpin of convenient and ornamental appearance throughout.

W'ith these objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction and combination as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a verticalsectional view of a partly completed hatpin embodying the principles of our invention; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same in com plete form. p

Referring to the drawings in which like parts are designated by the same reference sign, 1 indicates a core or body of any desired outline, and in the most practical form of the invention an outline having a peripheral surface of revolution. The core or body 1 is conveniently made of wood with an axial hole 2 extending from end to end therein.

3 indicates a fabric cover knitted or braided on the body 1 by the usual processes, leaving the rough threads or ragged edges 4 at the respective ends of the core or body 1. Y

5 indicates a pin having a head 6, the underside 7 of which is referably concave or cup-sha ed, and of su cient area to cover up all 0' the loose threads or edges 4, at the upper end of the hatpin.

8 indicates a cup-shaped sleeve or collar upon the pin 5 having a concave portion 9 directed upward and a solid part 10 through which the pin 5 is closely but slidably received. The form and size of the sleeve or collar 8 is such as to fit over the lower end of the core or body 1 and cover up all of the loose threads or ragged edges 4 of the braided cover at this end. In order to still further insure the complete concealment of the loose threads or ragged edges 4 at the ends of the hatpin head, we prefer to make the diameter of the axial hole 2 great enough at its ends 2 and 2 to receive said edges folded inward toward one another and tucked into the said holes. In this way the size or area covered by the respective parts 6 and 8 is considerably less than would otherwise be required.

The completed hatpin is illustrated in Fig. 2 in which the upper cap 6 and the lower sleeve or collar 8 are pressed upon the core in-the manner above described. The arts are permanently secured in this rel ation by slightly flattening the portion 10 of the sleeve or collar, for example, by means of a slight hammer blow at 1 1. It is evident that the cap 6 and the part 8 may be made of polished metal, while the intermediate braiding may be of attractivel colored silk. As the cap 6, the sleeve or co lar 8, and the core or body 1 may be manufactured in any desired ornamental forms, it is evident that the complete hatpin may be made to have a very attractive and ornamental appearance.

What we claim, is

1. Incombination with a core or body having a braided cover, a pin passed through said core or body and having means engaging and covering the rough threads or ragged edges of the braided cover.

2. A hatpin comprising a core or body having a braided cover, a pin passed through said core or body and having a cap inclosing the rough threads or ragged edges of the braiding at one end, and a sleeve or collar on the pin having a portion covering the rough threads or edges at the other end of the rough threads or ra gededges of the braiding In Witness whereof, We subscribe our signaat one end, and a s eeve or collar on the pin tures, in the presence of two Witnesses. having a portion covering the rough threads HENRY W. SCHLOSS.

or edges at the other end of the braiding,

and having a flattened or compressed portion Witnesses: by which it is secured to the pin in such WALDo M. CHAPIN, relation. MAY BIRD.

HERMAN HAWVLEY. 

